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This Too Shall Pass

Learned Vol. 2, Issue 7

Joel Neff
May 13, 2019
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The king called his philosophers, wise-men, counselors, and fools to him.

"Create for me a ring such that when I am happy, and I look at the ring, I will become sad and when I am sad, I will look upon the ring and be happy."

The philosophers, wise-men, counselors, and fools went away for six months. When they returned, they gathered before the king and p…

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